Fort Lauderdale City Bids, FL

Responses to this solicitation will be accepted until the time and date indicated in the solicitation and will be accepted through bonfire only. close date: jun 25th 2026, 3: 00 pm edt.

The Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) is seeking a qualified candidate to provide promotional testing and assessment services.

Please see additional information regarding performance measures and liquidated damages.

Questions due date: jun 16th 2026, 5: 00 pm edt

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The initial contract term shall commence upon final execution of the contract by the City and shall expire one 1 year from that date. The City reserves the right to extend the contract for additional four 4 one-year terms. The initial contract term shall commence upon final execution of the contract by the city and shall expire one 1 year from that date .

Payment will be made within forty-five 45 days after receipt of an invoice acceptable to the City, in accordance with the Florida Local Government Prompt Payment Act. Payment will be made within fortyfive 45 days after receipt of an invoice acceptable to the city, in accordance with the florida local government prompt payment act.

Proposals will be evaluated based on weighted criteria including understanding of the City's needs and approach to the scope of work (20%), experience, qualifications, past performance, and references (30%), suitability of the firm and proposed activities (20%), and total project cost (30%). The city uses a mathematical formula to determine the scoring for each individual responsive and responsible firm based on the weighted criteria stated herein.

Proposers shall be in the business of event production and must possess sufficient financial support, equipment, and organization. Key staff must have relevant experience in event production and project management. Proposers shall be in the business of event production and must possess sufficient financial support, equipment, and organization to ensure that it can satisfactorily perform the services if awarded a contract.

Noncompliance or continued poor performance after notice may subject the contractor to penalty provisions, default, or cancellation for cause. Noncompliance either continued poor performance after notice or a performance level that does not meet a significant portion of the requirements.

There will not be a pre-proposal conference or site visit for this request for proposal. There will not be a pre proposal conference for this request for proposal.

Any proposer not recommended for award may follow the protest procedure within five 5 days after a notice of intent to award is posted. Any proposer who is not recommended for award of a contract and who alleges a failure by the city to follow the citys procurement ordinance or any applicable law, may follow the protest procedure as found in the citys procurement ordinance within five 5 days after a notice of intent to award is posted on the citys web site at the following link.

The City reserves the right to disqualify a proposer during any phase of the competitive solicitation process and terminate for cause any resulting contract upon evidence of collusion with intent to defraud or other illegal practices. The city reserves the right to disqualify proposer during any phase of the competitive solicitation process and terminate for cause any resulting contract upon evidence of collusion with intent to defraud or other illegal practices on the part of the proposer.

The City's yearly budget for this contract is $122,800. The city’s yearly budget for this contract is 122, 800.

All payments to the vendor will be subject to the MFMP transaction fee in accordance with the attached form PUR **** General Contract Condition 14.

All bidders, proposers, and respondents must be registered in the state of Florida's MyFloridaMarketplace system. For services contracts, all out of state corporations, out of state limited liability companies, and out of state limited partnerships must be authorized to do business in the state of Florida. For services contracts, all bidders, proposers, and respondents must be properly licensed if the business being provided requires that individuals be licensed by the FL Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Violation of the provision not to contact agency employees or officers concerning the solicitation may be grounds for rejecting a response.

Respondents to this solicitation or persons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72 hour period following the agency posting the notice of intended award, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and State holidays, any employee or officer of the executive or legislative branch concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the procurement officer or as provided in the solicitation documents.

Violation of the provision not to contact agency employees or officers concerning the solicitation may be grounds for rejecting a response. A vendor on either scrutinized list may not bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract for commodities and or contractual services of 1 million or more.

The bid opening date is June 11, 2026.

Payment terms, unless otherwise stated in this ITB, will be considered to be net 45 days after the date of satisfactory delivery at the place of acceptance and receipt of correct invoice at the office specified, whichever occurs last.

The city reserves the right to make an award to the responsive and responsible bidder whose product or service meets the terms, conditions, and specifications of the ITB and whose bid is considered to best serve the city's interest.

Bids will only be considered from firms normally engaged in providing the types of commodities/services specified herein. The city reserves the right to inspect the bidder's facilities, equipment, personnel, and organization at any time, or to take any other action necessary to determine bidder's ability to perform.

Any violation resulting in contract termination for cause or delivery of items not conforming to specifications, or late delivery may also result in: bidder's name being removed from the city's bidders mailing list for a specified period and bidder will not be recommended for any award during that period. All city departments being advised to refrain from doing business with the bidder. All other remedies in law or equity.

Samples or inspection of product may be requested to determine suitability. Unless otherwise specified in special conditions, samples shall be requested after the date of bid opening, and if requested should be received by the city within seven (7) working days of request.

Any proposer or bidder who is not recommended for award of a contract and who alleges a failure by the city to follow the city's procurement ordinance or any applicable law may protest to the Chief Procurement Officer, by delivering a letter of protest to the Director of Finance within five (5) days after a notice of intent to award is posted on the city's web site.

Failure to disclose any affiliation with city elected officials, officers or employees will result in disqualification of the bidder and removal of the bidder from the city's bidder lists and prohibition from engaging in any business with the city.